Incident Response Jobs with Work from Home Options

Incident Response
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Incident Response skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Incident Response over the 6 months to 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 312 302 408
Rank change year-on-year -10 +106 -36
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 322 415 597
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.94% 1.04% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 1.08% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 229 283 390
10th Percentile £41,800 £42,500 £38,973
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,125 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% +6.56%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £80,938
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,250 £95,125
UK median annual salary £65,000 £64,100 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.40% +2.56% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Incident Response is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,945 38,441 70,079
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.67% 96.05% 97.10%
Number of salaries quoted 23,414 26,713 41,519
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Incident Response
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Incident Response as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Incident Response trend for jobs with a WFH option

Incident Response
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Incident Response.

Incident Response salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Incident Response
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Incident Response over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Incident Response salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.86%) Apache
2 6 (1.86%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 106 (32.92%) Azure
2 55 (17.08%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (11.18%) AWS
4 33 (10.25%) SaaS
5 18 (5.59%) GCP
6 10 (3.11%) Entra ID
7 9 (2.80%) Azure Sentinel
8 8 (2.48%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.55%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (1.24%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 4 (1.24%) AWS CloudTrail
10 4 (1.24%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.24%) IaaS
10 4 (1.24%) PaaS
11 3 (0.93%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.93%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (0.93%) Serverless
11 3 (0.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 2 (0.62%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 70 (21.74%) Firewall
2 36 (11.18%) Intrusion Detection
3 21 (6.52%) Network Security
4 12 (3.73%) TCP/IP
5 8 (2.48%) DNS
5 8 (2.48%) Internet
6 6 (1.86%) Wireshark
7 4 (1.24%) LAN
8 3 (0.93%) Broadband
8 3 (0.93%) VPN
8 3 (0.93%) WAN
8 3 (0.93%) Wireless
9 2 (0.62%) DHCP
9 2 (0.62%) HTTP
9 2 (0.62%) SMTP
9 2 (0.62%) SSL
9 2 (0.62%) Wireless Security
10 1 (0.31%) OSPF
10 1 (0.31%) VLAN
10 1 (0.31%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.21%) MySQL
2 19 (5.90%) SQL Server
3 16 (4.97%) RDBMS
3 16 (4.97%) Relational Database
4 12 (3.73%) BigQuery
4 12 (3.73%) Data Hub
4 12 (3.73%) DB2
4 12 (3.73%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.73%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.55%) Burp Suite
1 5 (1.55%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.93%) Git
2 3 (0.93%) sqlmap
General
1 130 (40.37%) Social Skills
2 80 (24.84%) Finance
3 54 (16.77%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (11.80%) Legal
5 37 (11.49%) Law
6 20 (6.21%) Banking
7 15 (4.66%) Marketing
8 14 (4.35%) Military
9 13 (4.04%) Financial Institution
10 11 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (2.17%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.55%) Automotive
13 4 (1.24%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.93%) Retail
15 2 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
16 1 (0.31%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 101 (31.37%) Analyst
2 60 (18.63%) Security Analyst
3 50 (15.53%) Security Engineer
4 40 (12.42%) Senior
5 39 (12.11%) Lead
6 31 (9.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 29 (9.01%) Consultant
8 28 (8.70%) SOC Analyst
9 25 (7.76%) Security Consultant
9 25 (7.76%) Security Manager
9 25 (7.76%) Senior Analyst
10 24 (7.45%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 22 (6.83%) IT Analyst
11 22 (6.83%) IT Security Analyst
11 22 (6.83%) Senior Security Engineer
12 20 (6.21%) DBA
12 20 (6.21%) Oracle DBA
13 17 (5.28%) Senior Security Analyst
14 16 (4.97%) IT Manager
14 16 (4.97%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.86%) .NET
1 6 (1.86%) .NET Framework
1 6 (1.86%) XML
2 4 (1.24%) Kafka
3 2 (0.62%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.62%) YAML
4 1 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.31%) Node.js
4 1 (0.31%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 66 (20.50%) Cyber Threat
2 47 (14.60%) Cyberattack
3 37 (11.49%) Management Information System
4 30 (9.32%) Security Operations Centre
5 25 (7.76%) Security Posture
6 24 (7.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 19 (5.90%) Public Cloud
8 12 (3.73%) Data Fabric
9 10 (3.11%) Operational Technology
10 9 (2.80%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (2.80%) Cyber Defence
11 8 (2.48%) Client/Server
12 7 (2.17%) Data Centre
13 4 (1.24%) Mobile App
14 3 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
15 2 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
15 2 (0.62%) Embedded Systems
15 2 (0.62%) Life Science
15 2 (0.62%) Renewable Energy
15 2 (0.62%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 95 (29.50%) Windows
2 56 (17.39%) Linux
3 41 (12.73%) Unix
4 16 (4.97%) zOS
5 15 (4.66%) Mac OS X
6 5 (1.55%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.24%) CentOS
7 4 (1.24%) Solaris
7 4 (1.24%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.62%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (71.12%) Cybersecurity
2 148 (45.96%) Security Operations
3 97 (30.12%) SIEM
4 86 (26.71%) Information Security
5 76 (23.60%) Incident Management
6 68 (21.12%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 68 (21.12%) Threat Intelligence
7 59 (18.32%) Risk Management
8 45 (13.98%) ITIL
9 40 (12.42%) Service Delivery
9 40 (12.42%) Vulnerability Management
10 39 (12.11%) Actionable Insight
10 39 (12.11%) Problem-Solving
11 33 (10.25%) DevOps
12 32 (9.94%) Cloud Security
13 30 (9.32%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 30 (9.32%) Roadmaps
14 29 (9.01%) Mentoring
15 27 (8.39%) Disaster Recovery
15 27 (8.39%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (9.01%) PowerShell
2 16 (4.97%) Python
2 16 (4.97%) SQL
3 5 (1.55%) Bash
4 4 (1.24%) C++
5 3 (0.93%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.62%) Bicep
6 2 (0.62%) C#
7 1 (0.31%) Java
7 1 (0.31%) Perl
7 1 (0.31%) PHP
7 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 73 (22.67%) CISSP
2 72 (22.36%) Degree
3 49 (15.22%) CISM
4 37 (11.49%) Security Cleared
5 31 (9.63%) SC Cleared
6 17 (5.28%) GCIH
7 16 (4.97%) GCIA
8 14 (4.35%) CISA
8 14 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
8 14 (4.35%) GREM
9 13 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (3.73%) CEH
11 11 (3.42%) GIAC
12 9 (2.80%) CREST Certified
13 7 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (2.17%) CRISC
14 6 (1.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (1.86%) CCSP
15 5 (1.55%) Master's Degree
16 4 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (22.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 52 (16.15%) NIST
3 25 (7.76%) PCI DSS
4 22 (6.83%) GDPR
4 22 (6.83%) GRC
5 20 (6.21%) JSP 440
6 14 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
7 12 (3.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 12 (3.73%) NCSC
8 6 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (1.24%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.93%) SLA
11 2 (0.62%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.62%) ISO 31000
11 2 (0.62%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.62%) QA
12 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 30 (9.32%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.31%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 15 (4.66%) Terraform
2 14 (4.35%) QRadar
3 8 (2.48%) CSIRT
4 6 (1.86%) Ansible
5 4 (1.24%) Kubernetes
5 4 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.93%) Nessus
7 2 (0.62%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.62%) Nmap
8 1 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.31%) FTK
8 1 (0.31%) Grafana
8 1 (0.31%) Network Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.31%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.31%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.31%) Puppet
8 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 70 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.94%) Oracle
3 27 (8.39%) Dell
4 22 (6.83%) Qualys
5 21 (6.52%) Splunk
6 20 (6.21%) CrowdStrike
7 19 (5.90%) VMware
8 15 (4.66%) IBM
9 12 (3.73%) Databricks
9 12 (3.73%) F5
10 7 (2.17%) CyberArk
11 5 (1.55%) LogRhythm
12 4 (1.24%) Cisco
12 4 (1.24%) Darktrace
13 3 (0.93%) AppDynamics
13 3 (0.93%) Fortinet
13 3 (0.93%) McAfee
13 3 (0.93%) New Relic
13 3 (0.93%) Rapid7
14 2 (0.62%) Dynatrace